Schedule of Friday Evening Talks & the Spring Friday/Saturday Conference On the web at NYMAS.ORG
Updated Saturday, December 31, 2005 03:39:34 PM– Bob Rowen rrowen@nymas.org

NYMAS talks are free and open to the public. They are held on Friday evenings at the City University of New York Graduate Center, at 365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. These Friday lectures are usually held on the 6th floor in Room 6-495, but confirmation of the room number should be obtained from the guard at the street-level entrance.

These talks are sponsored by the New York Military Affairs Symposium in conjunction with CUNY's Conference on History and Politics, Dr. George D. Schwab, Director. NYMAS is associated with the Society for Military History, Region 2. Topics and speakers may be subject to change without notice. A current updated schedule is always available at this website (http//:nymas.org)
Date
Topic
Speaker
Affiliation

Jan. 6
The Dream of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and the American Imagination
Linda R. Robertson
Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Jan. 13
The Endicott System of American Coastal Defense, 1880-1940
Captain Frank Schantz
USMA

Jan. 20
Breaking Ranks: The History, Limitations, and Importance of American Active Duty Issue Advocacy
Raymond Kimball
Iraq and Afghanistan
Veterans of America

Jan. 27
Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War Brig. Gen. (ret.) Robert A. Doughty
Author / former head of USMA History Dept.

Feb. 3
The 1920 Iraqi Insurrection: Counterinsurgency Lessons from the British Occupation
Major Daniel Barnard
USMA

feb. 10
Saving Private Ryan—and His Friends: Canadians Defeat the German Armored Assaults at Normandy, 7-10 June 1944
Marc Milner
University of New Brunswick

Feb. 17
Clear, Hold, Build: Counterterrorist Strategies and Civil Affairs Tactics in Operation Iraqi Freedom -- An Eyewitness Analysis
Joseph Skelly
US Army Reserve /College of Mt. St. Vincent

Feb. 24
The USAAF’s Other Very Heavy Bomber - the Consolidated B-32
Tom Wisker
NYMAS / WBAI

Mar. 3
Eisenhower vs. Montgomery: The Historiography of the Battle of the Memoirs
Patrick Murray
Valley Forge Military College

Mar. 10
Washington’s Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge
Author: Thomas Fleming

Mar. 17
Perspectives on the American Way of War in the 21st Century

Mar. 18
The NYMAS Spring All-Day Conference
The American Way of War in the 21st Century
TBA

Mar. 24
MacArthur’s Eyes: Reassessing Military Intelligence in ‘The Forgotten War’
Major Pete Knight
USMA

Mar. 31
Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief
Jim Dingeman
NYMAS / INN

Apr. 7
The Latvian Army in World War II: A Small State at War
Prof. Val Lumans
Univ. So. Carolina, Aiken

Apr. 14
Easter / Passover – No meeting

Apr. 21
Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse
Richard DiNardo
US Marine Corps Command and Staff College

Apr. 28
The War of the Apostacy, Arabia, 633-634AD
Neil Graham
NYMAS

May 5
Alexis DeTocqueville: Algerian Conflict in the 1840s
Sheryl Gordon
CUNY, GC

May 12
Current Ideas, Concepts and Controversies in Military Affairs
Lt. Col. Roger Morin
Richard DiNardo
US Marine Corps Command and Staff College

May 13
Hamburger Hill: Operation Apache Snow (Saturday all-day)
Allen Walberg
Jim Dingeman
NYMAS / INN

May 19
Victory in Tripoli : How America’s War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation
Author: Joshua London

May 26
Amphibious Marine and Colonial Soldier: Major General A. R. Chater, Royal Marines, 1913-1948
Don Bittner
US Marine Corps Command and Staff College

June 2
Corporal Punishment in the Greek Phalanx and Roman Legion: Modern Myths and Ancient Realities
Jennie Kiesling
USMA

June 9
Conspiracy or Coincidence? The Civil War Draft Riots and the Gettysburg Campaign
Author: Barnet Schecter

June 16
War in the Alps: Austria vs. Italy 1915-1918
Dan David
NYMAS

June 23
Napoleon’s 1812 Campaign Analyzed through Contemporary Artwork
Frank Radford
NYMAS